A Mother’s Role

Mothers

Mother’s day isn’t about celebrating a blood tie
It’s about honoring the dance done between you and she

It’s not about the mother you think you grew up with
It is about the adult within you have become because of her

It’s about understanding your mother did the best she could
good times and bad, successfully or poorly

It’s about knowing that even when she fell short for you
underneath it was because she was feeling short inside

It’s about recognizing and acknowledging her strengths
knowing you have them too

It’s about knowing that her weaknesses
were a gift so you could make a choice of who you want to be

It’s about understanding she brought you into this world
but didn’t always know how best to bring you through it

It’s about what she has given to you
by way of lesson or love

It’s about the wise words shared
It’s about saying “yes” when you thought for sure it would be “no”
It’s about the moments she looked you in the eye silently saying “I know you can”
It’s about the hugs that spilled “I love you”
It’s about the moments you saw the spark in her of “I believe in you”

It’s about honoring
the precious moments shared
good times and bad
that only can come from “Mother”